Francis Ford
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Francis Ford (born Francis Feeney, August 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953) was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the mentor and elder brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man.
Francis Ford was born in Portland, Maine. He was the son of John A. Feeney, who was born in the village of Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland in 1854. By 1878, John had moved to Portland, Maine and opened a saloon, at 42 Center Street, that used a false front to pose as grocery store. John opened four others in following years.
After service in the infantry in the Spanish-American War, Francis left home. He drifted into the film business in New York City, working for David Horsley, Al Christie, and the Star Film Company's San Antonio operation under Gaston Méliès. He adopted the name Ford from the automobile.
From San Antonio Francis began his Hollywood career working for Thomas H. Ince at Ince's Bison studio, directing and appearing in westerns.
Francis Ford's younger brother, John M. Feeney, was a successful fullback and defensive tackle on a Portland High state championship football team, nicknamed "Bull". In 1914 Bull followed Francis to Hollywood, changed his name to John Ford and would eventually surpass his elder brother's considerable reputation.
Francis Ford's son, Philip Ford, was also a film actor/director.
Known for
Unconquered
Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Mr. Peachtree
Roman Scandals
Roman Citizen (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Plunderers
Barnaby
The Informer
'Judge' Flynn
The Craving
Carroll Wayles
Abraham Lincoln
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Tobacco Road
The Princess and the Pirate
Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
The Texans
Uncle Dud
The Deserter
The Deserter
Slave Ship
Scraps
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
John Ermine
Fort Apache
Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
Air Mail
Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West
Miner
The Measure of a Man
'Pale' Peter
A Star Is Born
William Gregory (uncredited)
The World Moves On
Legionaire in Trench
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
The Lieutenant's Last Fight
Colonel Garvin
The Climax
Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
The Plough and the Stars
Old Man (uncredited)
The Newly Born
Mr. Newlywed
Hangover Square
Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
Bad Lands
Charlie Garth
The Desperadoes
Hank
The Last Train from Madrid
Pedro Elias (uncredited)
Frankenstein
Hans (uncredited)
The Black Watch
MacGregor (uncredited)
The White Gorilla
Mr. Stacey
Incendiary Blonde
Ranch Owner (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
Drunk (uncredited)
Gunfighters
Cook (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Caretaker
Mannequin
Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
The Snake in the Grass
Texas Ed
Mister Antonio
King of the Mounties
Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
Gentle Julia
Tubbs, Fish Peddler
The Grapes of Wrath
Migrant (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk
Joe Boleo
Wildfire
Ezra Mills
The Kiss of Mary Jane
Black Bill
Doctor Bull
Mr. Herring
Pilgrimage
Mayor Elmer Briggs
Custer's Last Fight
General George A. Custer
The Golden Secret
Will Brown
Three Faces West
Farmer Bill, with Higgins
My Darling Clementine
Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
The Arizonian
Mayor Ed Comstock
Smoky
Horse Buyer
California
Jessie (uncredited)
Men of Daring
Black Roger
A Mountain Wife
Her Husband, a Moonshiner
Scandal for Sale
Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
Haunted Valley
Sharkey
The Mummy's Tomb
Townsman (uncredited)
Kentucky Moonshine
Grandpa Hatfield
In the Tall Grass Country
Bob
The Devil's Saddle
Pete Hepburn
Toughest Man in Arizona
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Captain Hallett
They Died with Their Boots On
Veteran (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
Won in the Fifth
Young Minister
The Quiet Man
Dan Tobin
Action
Soda Water Manning
Charlie Chan at the Circus
John Gaines
Her Faithful Heart
Bill Rank
The Chinatown Mystery
The Sphinx
The Immortal Alamo
Navarre
Geronimo
Scout
Pals
Denton
A Plucky American Girl
Clancy of the Mounted
Inspector Cabot
The Padre's Secret
Baptiste
The Man from Monterey
Don Pablo Gonzales
San Antone Ambush
Major Farnsworth
The Little Preacher
Joe Lane
Judge Priest
Juror No. 12
The Purple Mask
Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
Hearts of Oak
When the Tables Turned
Cowboy
In the Right of Way
John Walsh
The Heart of Maryland
Jefferson Davis
A Free Soul
Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
Judd Ogden
A Texas Joke
The Mystery Of 13
Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
In the Hot Lands
The County Doctor
The Boss of Camp 4
Dude McCormick
Paris in Spring
Drunken Peasant
Lucky Cisco Kid
Court Clerk
Stagecoach
Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
Branding a Thief
Mary's Stratagem
Bill
Speed Versus Death
Mr. Braggs
Romance of the Rio Grande
Stagecoach Driver
Little Miss Nobody
Detective
Pirate Treasure
Dick's Friend at the Airfield
The Phantom Violin
The Lariat Kid
Cal Gregg
Young Mr. Lincoln
Sam Boone (uncredited)
Blazing the Trail
Blake
Mom and Dad
Dr. Rubin
Song of the Caballero
Don Pedro Madero
Driftwood
Abner Green
A Roaring Adventure
Colonel Burns
Goin' to Town
Sheriff
Bessie's Ride
John Burton
Viva Cisco Kid
Proprietor
Sins of Man
Town Drunk
An Unwilling Cowboy
Jim Edwards
High Tide
Pop Garrow
In Time for Press
Jim Ford
Battling with Buffalo Bill
Jim Rodney
On Secret Service
Abraham Lincoln
Mister Vampire
The Vampire Man
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Corporal O'Toole
Wake Up and Dream
Old Man at Counter
The Warrant for Red Rube
Red Rube
The Bandit's Wager
Nan's Brother / The Bandit
The Trail of '98
Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
Heroes of the West
Cavalry Captain
Checkers
Daniel Snodgrass
The Cruise of the Hellion
Peg-leg
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Tavern Keeper
The Sun Shines Bright
Feeney
The Lost Special
Botter Hood
The Fighting Heart
Town Fool
The Mounted Stranger
'Spider' Coy
Western Union
Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
Diamond Frontier
Derek Bluje
Love's C.Q.D.
Lt. Robert Bright
Charlie Chan's Secret
Captain of salvage ship
A Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Horse Trader
The Far Frontier
Alf Sharper
Riders of the Purple Sage
Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
The Impatient Maiden
Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
Possessed
Drunken Husband (uncredited)
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Bartender
Murder, He Says
Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
Paddy O'Day
Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
The Ruling Passion
Tony Valero
Steamboat Round the Bend
Efe
Murder in Trinidad
Davenant
South of Pago Pago
Foster
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
Hugo Loubeque
Three Jumps Ahead
Ben McLean
In Old Chicago
Driver
Charlie Chan's Courage
Hewitt
Home in Indiana
Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
The Redemption of Rawhide
Reverend Simpson
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Captain (uncredited)
College Queen
Pop, The Janitor
Upstream
Juggler
Who Was the Other Man?
James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
Last of the Duanes
Luke Stevens
A Western Welcome
John
Rim of the Wheel
Mr. Dickerson
Eyes of Texas
Thad Cameron
Cyclone Pete's Matrimony
Cyclone Pete
Thundering Hoofs
Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
Baseball, That's All
The Husband
Sisters of Eve
Pritchard
Jack Mason's Last Deal
Jim Saunders
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
Sons of the Saddle
'Red' Slade
Only a Sister
John
Taming the West
Frosty Miller
Brennon o' the Moor
Willy Brennon
His Majesty Dick Turpin
Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
The Leap
The Purple Domino
Hugo Loubeque
Behind the Mask
Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
The Unexpected
The Mexican Foreman
Billy's Sister
Billy
In the Fall of '64
Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
The Village Blacksmith
Asa Martin
Accomplice
King Connors
Ridin' Thunder
Frank Douglas
Lash of the Whip
'Hurricane' Smith
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
Dr. Lund, Junior
The Fortune Favors the Brave
The Branded Sombrero
Link Jarvis
The Vault of Mystery
The Black Masks
Fred Francis - a Crook
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls
The Cowboy Hero
The Princely Bandit
Prince Frederick
This Is the Life
Sticky Jones
The Madcap Queen of Crona
Prince Frederick
Officer '444'
Fire Chief
Washington at Valley Forge
The Spy
The Heart of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Mine to Keep
Jack Deering
The Campbells Are Coming
When Lincoln Paid
The Living Bible
Samaritan Leper
The Indians Are Coming
George Woods / Tom Woods
The Timber Trail
Ralph Baker
The Wreck of the Hesperus
John Hazzard
The Ball Player and the Bandit
A Baseball Fan
Billy and His Pal
Jim - the Cowpuncher
Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16
The Director / Self
The Heart of an Indian
The Indian chief
A Postal Substitute
Jack Flynn
The Silent Trailer
Mrs. Coleman's Physician
A Western Girl
Hartley
Educating Father
Sheriff Hart
The Broken Coin
Count Frederick
Frontier Investigator
Ed Garnett
The Cry of Erin
Shemus O'Brien
Sleepers East
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
The Silent Mystery
Phil Kelly
The Seal of the Church
Gordon of Ghost City
Jim Carmody
In the Mission Shadows
Life in Hollywood No. 1
Self
The Post Telegrapher
Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
Kathleen Mavourneen
James, the butler
The Lady from Longacre
Count de Freitas
Salt on the Bird's Tail
Her Spoiled Boy
Life in the Raw
Sheriff Myles
The Outcast
Evans, a Trapper
The Rider of Death Valley
Gabe
Berlin Via America
Phil Kelly
The Four-Footed Ranger
Brom Hockley
Soft Shoes
Quig Mundy
War on the Plains
Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
The Paleface Princess
Captain Keen
Sir Percy and the Punchers
Sir Percy Granville
The Invaders
Colonel James Bryson
Tangled Fortunes
Matt Higgins
Out for Mischief
The Father
The Crimson Scars
The Reformation of Jack Robins
Jack Robbins
The Great Reward
The American Adventurer
The Jade Box
Martin Morgan
Return of Ta-Wa-Wa
Ta-Wa-Wa
The Stampede
Robert Wagner
Uncle Jim
A Rough Night on the Bridge
The Spring Round-Up
Jim Dempsey
White Doe's Lovers
The Cowboy
The Red Rider
Brown Bear
The Owner of L.L. Ranch
Jeff
The Romance of Circle Ranch
Honest Jim
His Sergeant's Stripes
The Corporal